• The trial of two “Dalton”, who launched mortar fire on November 24 in the Guillotière district, has been postponed until December 22, since the older one refused to be taken out of his cell.

  • However, the hearing made it possible to learn more about the profile of the defendants.

  • One, suspected of having fired, had never had any trouble with the police.

    The other, who filmed the scene, remained in detention due to his criminal record.

They were to be tried in immediate appearance on Monday for launching mortar fire and filming the scene, on the sidelines of a demonstration against the holding of a live broadcast from the CNews television channel in the heart of the Guillotière district in Lyon.

Finally, we will have to wait until December 22 to know the fate that justice will reserve for them.

One of them, 23, refused to be taken out of his cell.

The magistrates of the criminal court preferred not to separate the two cases, thus deciding to postpone the hearing for three weeks.

A disappointment for the lawyer of the first defendant, who came to stand sheepishly at the bar of the court.

Keny, 18, obviously does not lead off.

Last Tuesday, the young man presented himself in a bar on rue Béchevelin, with his face uncovered, with three other accomplices.

They took the time to put on their convict costumes "out of sight" before heading to the rue de Marseille and shooting from a distance, in the direction of the demonstrators and the police.

A few minutes later, the defendant was spotted, kneeling, concealing the three costumes under a car.

"I believe the lesson has been understood"

Faced with the magistrates, the young adult remains silent, responding most of the time, with a nod like a frightened kid.

Detention ?

"It's not going well," he blurted out in a voice that was trembling and barely audible.

“He doesn't have the profile.

It is not in his habits, supports his lawyer, Amandine Fabregue, stressing that he had never been in trouble with the police or the justice until then.

“He lived his first placement in police custody, his first trial, his first detention.

An avalanche collapsed on his head.

He is stunned by the course of the procedure and what happens to him ", she continues," convinced "that the personality of his client does not" justify a sentence accompanied by a committal warrant ".

“I think the lesson has been understood,” she insists.

Arguments which convinced the magistrates.

Taking into account his lack of criminal record, they decided to release him and place him under judicial supervision.

The young man, a drywaller by training, will live with his grandmother in Vénissieux.

While waiting for the hearing on December 22, he will have to check in once a week at the police station.

He is also prohibited from going to Lyon, under penalty of returning directly behind bars.

"Dedicated to making the buzz"

Ryan, a 23-year-old interim handler, will however remain in detention. He is suspected of having filmed his comrades and then disseminated the video on social networks. During his hearing in police custody, he introduced himself as a singer, "historical member" of the Dalton and admitted that the label "was doomed to make the buzz". His criminal record did not plead in his favor: three convictions between 2019 and September 2021 for theft, driving under the influence of drugs and recidivism of driving under the influence of drugs.

"In the 21st century, we find ourselves in detention for having filmed", indignant David Metaxas, his lawyer, deploring the refusal of his client to appear on Monday.

And to add: “He should not have accepted this invitation to challenge Morandini and the CNews channel.

He just filmed.

This is the file, nothing more.

"

As for the other thieves, aged 17, they are also suspected of having launched the mortar fire.

The first claiming to be from the “Daltons” group and justifying his behavior as “a form of expression”, will be tried later in the children's court.

The second was not arrested.

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